About the Show

phpBB Weekly is a live call-in podcast that covers the latest news on the phpBB forum software, including various tips and tutorials on using phpBB as a user and as an administrator, and highlighting various MODs and Styles that are available for phpBB on the web today. phpBB Weekly also regularly features various guests including phpBB team members and other members of the phpBB and Web 2.0 community. The show is recorded live most Saturdays at 12 PM EDT (1600 UTC), and is usually released in full-quality podcast form on this website the next day.

Listeners and users are invited to participate in the show by calling in live during the live recording of the show, or by participating on our website or on our forum. More information on how users can be a part of the show is available on our Participate page.

phpBB Weekly is also a member of the Tech Podcast Network.

About the Hosts

Douglas Bell is a student from San Francisco, CA (USA). He is known on phpBB.com as Fountain of Apples, and on most of the rest of the internet as webmacster87. Douglas has actively participated on many forums in the past, has been an administrator/moderator on many forums, and has also written many phpBB MODs. His past MODs include such titles as Advanced Version Check and ACP User Registration which have been used and applauded by many phpBB administrators. Douglas was a member of the phpBB MODifications Team during November 2005-August 2006 as a MOD validator. He has lots of experience with phpBB2 and is slowly but surely getting familiar with phpBB3. Douglas is also the Lead Developer of the Teen Podcasters Network (which this podcast is NOT a part of). In addition to this podcast, Douglas is also the co-host of the Teen Podcasters Network Podcast (TPNP), and the former co-host of PreviewCast. Douglas is also an active blogger, and his blog is located at Webmacster87.info.

David Lewis is a Software Engineer from Spokane, WA (USA). He is known on phpBB.com and other phpBB related websites as Highway of Life. David was a full time lead programmer/developer for a Human Resources Enhancement company out of Nashville (Tennessee) that builds web-based software for corporate clients. Since early 2005, David started working with the new version of phpBB3 (Olympus) and in mid-April of 2006 David co-founded Star Trek Guide along with his brother Francis (known as Handyman on most websites). The site focus quickly turned from Star Trek to strictly programming-oriented and soon became what is now phpBB Academy with the primary focus of assisting and mentoring current and future phpBB MOD Authors to build better, more secure, scalable MODs that strictly adhere to the phpBB3 Coding Guidelines and practices. While David works primarily with the phpBB3 MOD community assisting other Authors, he also has his own collection of almost two dozen phpBB3 MODs that he works on in his spare time. David is also a member of the phpBB MODifications team as a MOD validator, and has been with the team since July 2007. David is also one of the hosts of the Official phpBB Podcast. He has taken up skiing as a hobby since his recent move to Spokane.